Oeneus, king of Calydon, had enraged the goddess of the hunt, Artemis, by forgetting to sacrifice to her. In revenge she sent a huge boar to ravage his country. His son, Meleager, and his companions finally succeeded in killing the beast.…

Accompanied by two women, Joseph of Arimathea and St John are wrapping the dead Christ in a shroud. The ladder still leans against the cross: the deposition has only just occurred. Beside Christ is a sarcophagus alluding to his entombment. The…